1994 Manitou DH, Beneke Replica

[Canuck]

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I would guess it was an Atac stem. Seeing the pic before your text my first impression was an Answer Atac.
Your getting a lot of reflection on the underside of the stem distorting "Atac" and the poor quality picture as well as what is most likely remnants of decals doesn't help either.

 

[Skynet]

Re: 1994 Manitou DH

OK thanks, but a quill and not an ahead set one?

 

[unit3]

Re: 1994 Manitou DH

OK thanks, but a quill and not an ahead set one?

The 3 or 4 I have are quill stems, im not sure the ahead version arrived until the mid/late 90's

Im going to go with a high rise atac,
There is a chance the sticker might say something else I guess, could be one of them clothing stickers.

 

[Canuck]

Re: 1994 Manitou DH

OK thanks, but a quill and not an ahead set one?

I would say it was a quill stem

Is there any reason why it couldn't be?

 

[Skynet]

Re: 1994 Manitou DH

Well the only reason is that the EFC forks that came with DH frame are threadless, or at least mine are. But his wasn't a threadless atac (not sure they were even available in '94) as there are no bolts at the rear. Had spent ages assuming it was threadless and trying to find a matching stem, didn't really occur to me it could be quill until yesterday.

Just seen that they did do threaded EFC's so might be able to find a replacement crown and steerer, swapping to 1⅛" makes sense so the head tube can be beefed up a bit.

 

[Skynet]

Re: 1994 Manitou DH

Received a nice reply from Will Richie at WTB saying that they should have the original photos somewhere and will have a look for them. He even said if I was local I'd could drop in and have a dig through their stuff too, shame I'm not. Nice man!

 

[Retro Spud]

Re: 1994 Manitou DH

Received a nice reply from Will Richie at WTB saying that they should have the original photos somewhere and will have a look for them. He even said if I was local I'd could drop in and have a dig through their stuff too, shame I'm not. Nice man!

How cool would that have been if you'd live closer
In fact if alot of us lived closer we'd charter a bus and gate crash your invite

 

[Skynet]

Re: 1994 Manitou DH

lol

 

[Skynet]

Re: 1994 Manitou DH

Bought a few pieces of stabilised mammoth ivory which arrived today. Thought I'd do one personal touch somewhere and was going to be for a headset cap, have enough for a few screw ups too. But with it turning out to be a quill stem I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it now. Never had any before, expected it to be a bit like a hard wood to work with but feels more like a plastic which may partly be down to the stabilisation that uses resin. Also have copper, bronze and silver sheet here so I'll think of something.

 

[unit3]

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Interested to see what you come up with.
Something along the lines of Missy Giove and her pet piranha :-D